Here they are our first 5 little platies: Blacky, Baby, Bill, Mickey and Teddy.They were quite nervous the first 2 days but in the meantime they settled down and start to come to the front when it's feeding time. Baby always tries to catch up with the others , all quick swimmers.Yesterday they got a bloodworm treat, geez they gulped it down.In a few days we'll get the 2nd bunch of platies. Then in another week we'll start with the guppies.

They're so pretty! I like them very much! How nice that you picked a few different colors! That's the thing I like so much about platies, they're incredibly cute fish with their body shape but they can still sport so many different colors and varieties I miss keeping platies :'D

(If I would actually get a fish everytime I said that... xD There are so many fish I like and want to keep!!! But for now, I've got no space nor money for another tank, so I'll just see what I can do with the orb )

Aw cute But alot harder to see than the goldfish cause they are so mini. I really like platies too and I know exactly what you mean. I watch these documentaries on ocean or river life and I always want to get the fish I see on there. Like mudskippers, they are one of the cutest fish ever.

... got the sneaking suspicion that Blacky is a girl... belly is getting so round and after inspecting the gonopodium and trying to compare with the other ones...( while they zip around so quick ) could't see it

In live bearers, the gonopodium is the breeding organ of males, females instead have the "normal" anal fin there, so it should be pretty easy to spot the difference! Since the gonopodium looks more pointy and thin than the fin does By the way... maybe it's not as easy to see right now, but as the platies grow it should be even easier to see the difference between the genders because females grow much bigger and get rounder body than the males do Maybe you can see differences in body shape already if you look closely?

My sister keeps two or three of them at a time in the 100L at home They're so cute! Especially when they're sucking on the glass! Once one of them was sucking on some ornament that we took out of the tank, so we found him dead and dry :'c They simply won't let go of what they grab... no matter what xD Sometimes it's funny, sometimes less. It's cute when I change the water in that tank when they're hanging under the leaves of the big Java Ferns They won't let go even if the water goes away o_O Until after a while, that is d:

Aw that's sad about the dead and dry one But also amazing. They are such lovely fish I reckon. Do you know how big they grow? I wouldn't mind having one in the tank Sunshine is in at the moment once Sunshine is in her new tank. But I also want to put a betta in there so I dunno if there will be enough room.

They grow about 10cm long I'd say that if you get a betta, it would only be nice having one or two of these in that tank But count about 20 l for each of them in that case, and for the betta, I guess 12 l. Hm, do you have a 50 L tank from earlier or how big was it again?

But in case you wonder, none of these fish make too much waste, and they live in such different layers in the water, so I doubt they'd ever be in the way of eachother.

Thank you, Andrea and Nossie.Haha, Blacky WAS already pregnant when we got her.... discovered it when we floated the bag in the tank that he was rounder than everybody else, but first thought that HE had eaten more than the others. Kept a close eye on him and discovered he's a SHE according to the fin / gonopodium. The best thing is that Teddy is a SHE too... hahahahaha Baby and Bill always chasing her

Bluey, Mickey and Teddy belong to those so called "Mickey Mouse" platies. I will try to get some more close ups of them, also from our BN, got one in the platies tank too, named "her" Jane.

Gosh Hanna your tanks are really beautiful!I'm working on setting up a 20 gallon tropical tank right now.It's running but no fish yet. I ordered a heater so I'll have to wait until I get it before I add fish.

yes, hubby and me we got it, the Gold Fever, Morbus Platy, Guppynitis and much more fish bugs, LOL.We're running 3 tanks now, the restored one for our goldies, their former small one with Barbarossa, 10 Neons, 1 BN Kate and since yesterday a YoYoLoach to eat the snails, and the new 140l tropical with Platies, Guppies, Cory and Dora moved and 1 BN Jane too. This one we want to add some Mollies too, but slowly. We are waiting 1-2 weeks before adding more stock and testing how the tank is doing.